LETTER: Find a solution using logic, not emotion

Harry J. Azano Sr., West Haven

Published 12:00 am, Monday, January 14, 2013

Most anti-gun advocates really want to abolish the Second Amendment, but few have the courage to put it right out there. Most want to erode our rights in small increments, over time, so that we actually don't see the end game until it's too late.

That's why gun rights groups are reluctant to make small concessions, and "dig in."

A letter to the Register cited countries with limited gun ownership and less gun crime as examples that we should embrace, such as England. This argument does not apply to America for many social, cultural and historic reasons.

People who use this argument fail to bring up Mexico, where there is almost zero private civilian gun ownership, yet there is the highest gun murder rate in the world.

They ignore many of our cities, such as Chicago, that has the most stringent anti-gun ownership laws in the country and the highest gun murder rate, as well.

These facts are ignored because they demonstrate that lack of private, legal gun ownership leads to more gun crime, not less.

With more logic and less emotion, perhaps we can find a solution, without destroying the Constitution.